About The Artist

I started drawing when I was 5 years old. Nothing very original, reproductions of comic book characters, inventions of boats, planes, automobiles. Interrogative in front of the great classical compositions, 10 years old, having no training, I saw only the technical performance, while intuitively guessing that there must be "one beyond appearance". A strength, a depth that I felt without being able to analyze or decode the message (s). When I was 15, I joined evening classes at the Beaux Arts in Bordeaux (2 hours four times a week) and passed both levels in the same year. I did not try to become an artist, drawing, painting and everything related to art has become obvious. The theme is mainly "Human" the characters flanked by protuberances in a visceral and confused slump, their state is always precarious, on the threshold of chaos. The fall is imminent, the worry still present, it suggests suffering and the tragic spirit of life. The postures of these fellows, their distortions, deformations or swellings reflect a psychological state common to all, that of the man with a predetermined destiny. Production which is part of the continuity of a figurative pictorial tradition, of timeless classical spirit. Dense painting, elaborate, complex accomplished generating meaning. Attached to a hierarchy of values, considering that everything is not equal. Bi-dimensional oil painting on wood, preparation of white backgrounds in the arti box. Substitute for casein, plus a layer of hot skin glue. Limited choice of very solid colors. Opaque, fixed to light, stable in mixtures, siccative. The binder or medium added to the oil is Venetian turpentine. Pure larch resin which increases the hardness and solidity of the dough. Cut-to-shape wood structures. Same pictorial technique as for the two-dimensional Pencil drawings and mixed technique: Pencil (graphite) on quality satin Arches paper and Arches vellum, traditional industrial or artisanal technical rag paper which is based on a work either in crossed lines, blending with resumption of crossed lines in order to to structure and give nervousness to the rendering, exfoliation process by addition and subtraction (nuanced and assertive contrasts). Decoupage, collage in Indian ink with times and highlights in gouache or white acrylic, wash, and black felt Humorous cartoons: Pen, Indian ink and wash 1963 First prize for drawing after the antique 1964 Obtaining the C.A.F.A.S (Certificate of aptitude for higher artistic training). National Diploma 1965 After a competitive examination, joins the School of Applied Arts in Paris 1966 Obtaining the DNBA Painting (Theoretical part) 1968 Received first nationally at the DNBA painting (Practical Part) 1970 Received first nationally with congratulations from the jury at the DNBA Publicité. 1972 Presents the DNBA Engraving From 1966 to 2004 Professor of drawing, Plastic Arts.